Re: GLUG: File system problem

[Paul Rahme <pgr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Andries

When it asks "run fsck manually", look up a few lines to see which
drive/partition it's giving the problem on, eg. it might say something like :

/dev/hda2 : unexpected consistency, run fsck manually

or something. In this case, you must basically type "fsck /dev/hda2", although
I'd recommend typing "fsck -y /dev/hda2" to prevent having to answer yes to all
the "fix?" questions on your own. Then type "exit", it'll reboot and should be
fine after that. Then introduce your flatmate to the "Ctrl-Alt-Del" key.

-Paul

On Wed, 03 May 2000, Andries Nel wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am a new subscriber to the Glug list. I am a member of the Pretoria Linux Users Group.
> 
> I need advice re the following:
> 
> I left my box on with a login prompt. My careless MS loving flatmate switched it off to boot up win98 without shutting down properly. Now when I try to boot RH6.1 it indicates a file system problem (unattached inode...), says that I have been dropped into a
> shell, should run fsck manually and enter root pwd to do repairs. The prompt refuses to accept my root password. Running fsck also doesn't seem to help (not that I am claiming to be running it properly).
> 
> Any advice much appreciated.
> 
> Andries
> 
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